5 Days Uganda Gorilla Trekking & Chimpanzee Tracking Safari

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Your Africa Exquisite Tours guide will collect you from your accommodation and drive you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwestern Uganda. The journey offers beautiful views of Uganda’s rolling hills, farmland, and rural communities.

Bwindi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the world’s most important strongholds for the endangered mountain gorilla. On arrival in the evening, you may enjoy a cultural performance by dancers from nearby communities, if time allows. Enjoy dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Mountain Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi

After an early breakfast, transfer to the park headquarters for a pre-trek briefing with Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers. You will then set out with experienced guides and trackers to search for a habituated mountain gorilla family.

Trekking times vary depending on the gorillas’ location and can involve steep, uneven forest terrain. The effort is rewarded when you come face to face with these gentle giants, observing their behaviour, family interactions, and daily routines. Once the gorilla family is located, you will spend up to one hour with them before returning to your lodge.

Transfer to Kibale National Park

After breakfast, depart Bwindi and travel north to Kibale National Park. The park protects a large tract of tropical rainforest and is renowned for its exceptional diversity and density of primates.

On arrival in the late afternoon, visit the nearby crater lakes region for scenic views and a relaxed introduction to this beautiful part of western Uganda. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Chimpanzee Tracking & Bigodi Wetland Walk

Begin the day with chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest after an early breakfast. Accompanied by knowledgeable guides, you will walk through the forest in search of a habituated chimpanzee community, listening for their calls and watching them feed, groom, play, and move through the trees.

Along the way, you may also see black-and-white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, mangabeys, baboons, butterflies, and a variety of forest birdlife. After lunch, take a guided walk through Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, where you can enjoy birdwatching and learn about the wetland’s plants, animals, and community conservation efforts.

Return to Kampala

After breakfast, begin your journey back to Kampala. Enjoy lunch en route and stop at the Equator for photographs and a short break. You will arrive in Kampala in the late afternoon, bringing your safari to a close with lasting memories of Uganda’s gorillas, chimpanzees, forests, and people.